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Virtual Hybrid H@H Model Offers Comparable Safety, More Comfort
March 2, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: Is a hybrid hospital at home program as safe as traditional inpatient care? BACKGROUND: Hospital at home (H@H) programs are expanding in the U.S. in an effort to ease hospital...
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Expanding Pediatric Hospital Capacity Through a Pediatric Hospital-at-Home Unit in a Large U.S. Children’s Hospital
March 2, 2026
Children’s hospitals across the U.S. are increasingly experiencing capacity shortages, particularly at times of seasonal surges in acute illness.1 In addition, increasing closures of smaller and...
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Rounding and Admitting Teams—Separate or Together?
March 2, 2026
Clean, Clear, and Consistent For years, I was strongly against splitting our hospital medicine team structure into admitting and rounding teams. In looking at the competing values associated with...
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Essential, Yet Unsettled: H-1B Hospitalists
January 5, 2026
Maheswara Reddy Koppula, MD, who was born in India and now works as a physician in the U.S., had fulfilled the requirements of his J-1 visa, which required him to work in a medically underserved...
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Pediatric Nurses Provide Unique Perspectives on PFC Rounds
January 5, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: What are the benefits and barriers to participating in patient-and-family-centered (PFC) rounds from a pediatric nursing perspective? BACKGROUND: Interprofessional PFC rounding...
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Embracing Tele-Hospitalist Cross-Coverage Model as a Solution for Staffing Shortages
December 1, 2025
Staffing shortages in hospital medicine affect hospitals nationwide, presenting a critical challenge. The Association of American Medical Colleges projects a shortage of up to 86,000 physicians by...
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Overdiagnosis in the Inpatient Setting: Lessons from Goldilocks
December 1, 2025
A 68-year-old male with left hemiplegia resulting from a cerebrovascular accident, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and a left ureteral stone presents to the emergency department with diarrhea, dysuria, and...
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Abdominal POCUS: Accelerating Critical Diagnosis of Free Fluid and More
December 1, 2025
Abdominal ultrasound has become central in hospital medicine as a rapid, noninvasive, and radiation-free imaging modality for the evaluation of a wide range of acute and subacute abdominal...
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Fired on the Floor: Should We Allow it?
September 3, 2025
As healthcare professionals, we have a responsibility to promote patient autonomy and self-advocacy. Modern healthcare has shifted to prioritize a culture that is increasingly patient-centered, with...
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What are the Risks, Challenges, and Solutions to Medical Gaslighting in Hospital Medicine?
September 3, 2025
Case Emily is a 35-year-old woman with no substantial medical history who presents to the emergency department (ED) due to severe headaches that have worsened in recent weeks. She also experiences...